Moong Dal Ladoo (Dal Ke Laddu)

Moong Dal Ladoo (Dal Ke Laddu)

Moong Dal Ladoo is a delicious laddu made with yellow split moong lentils, ghee and sugar. This irrisistible Indian sweet (dessert) with the melt-in-mouth texture, ideal for Indian festivals.

Course Desserts, Mithai, Sweets

Cuisine Indian, Rajasthani

Prep Time 4

Cook Time 1

Servings pieces

Author Hayley Dhanecha

Equipment

1 frying pan/kadai
1 Blender or coffee grinder

Ingredients

2 cup moong dal (yellow) Moong ki dhuli dal or Mag ni Mogar dal
1 cup ghee maybe you won’t need all of it
1 cup powdered sugar + 2 tablespoon
¼ cup nuts almonds, cashews and pistachios
1 teaspoon cardamom powder
8 strands saffron

Garnish

Pistachio slivers optional
Dried rose petals optional
Edible silver foil optional

Instructions

Clean, wash and soak lentils (dal) in lukewarm water for 2-3 hours.
Drain the water from the lentils, pat dry with kitchen tissue paper then lay flat on the kitchen towel for about an hour or more.
Dry roast the lentils on low heat until the lentils change its colour slightly pink but not let it go dark brown.
Let the lentils cool completely in another plate.
Meanwhile, dry roast the nuts in the same pan, and let it cool.
Once lentils cooled completely, grind into fine powder in a coffee grinder.
Then grind sugar and nuts and leave aside.
Sieve the flour and sugar and discard the big pieces of lentils if any left.
Place both in a big plate, add powdered nuts, cardamom powder and saffron if using.
Now melt the ghee, and add little by little into the flour mixture.
Combine everything and make ladoo by rolling a small portion of the lentil mixture.
Let the ladoo completely cool.
Enjoy!

Notes

You can use caster sugar or boora for this recipe.
If you pressed for time, dry roast the dal instead of soaking then grind into fine powder.
Omit nuts totally if you are not fond of it.

Nutrition

PLEASE NOTE: Nutritional values are estimated by a computer and may vary based on ingredients and portion sizes. For personalised dietary advice, please consult a qualified healthcare professional.

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